Arya (male name)
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| Arya (آریا), Aryan (आर्य) | |
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| Gender | Male: (Persian), (Sanskrit) |
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| See also | Aria, Arya, Arian, Ario, Aryo |
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Arya, Aria, or آریـــا is a Persian and Sanskrit male given name,[1] based on the self designation of people speaking Indo-Iranian languages as "Arya" meaning "Noble" in Sanskrit and Persian.[2] The name is also used in India, in regions of shared ancestry.
The term "Arya" was also used as an ethnic epithet in the Achaemenid inscriptions and in the Zoroastrian Avestan tradition.[3][4]
Given name
- Aria Jasuru Hasegawa – Iranian-Japanese football player (Japanese spelling variation)
- Aryan Vaid – Indian model
- Arya - Indian actor
References
- ↑ "Aryan". Encyclopædia Britannica Online, 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- ↑ Vedic Civilizations
- ↑ Encyclopædia Iranica. "Arya as an ethnic epithet"
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica. "Aryan". Encyclopædia Britannica Online, 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.